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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “backblaze”

wp.org orders by popularity, so a plugin a host bundled onto millions of sites, or a big-brand one that's slow and mediocre, can sit at the top. Our ranking is built to answer a different question: which of these is actually worth installing. How this works →

For “backblaze”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 of the top 20.

wp.org search ranks on

Install count (uncapped), the raw star average, freshness, and support. Popularity dominates, so the biggest install base usually wins regardless of how it got there.

We add

A cap on the install boost, volume-weighted ratings, and signals wp.org can't see: whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

S3 Image Optimizer shows at wp.org #10 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8708) wp.org #1 2 Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ · 4.9★ (4940) wp.org #2 3 WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging 900K+ · 4.9★ (1568) wp.org #3 4 Backup, Restore and Migrate your sites with XCloner 10K+ · 4.2★ (129) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Advanced Media Offloader – Offload Media to Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, DigitalOcean Spaces & More 7K+ · 4.7★ (48) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP 20K+ · 4.5★ (102) wp.org #6 7 Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule 10K+ · 4.0★ (128) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 Everest Backup – WordPress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning Plugin 3K+ · 4.4★ (45) wp.org #8 9 Upcasted S3 Offload – AWS S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, Backblaze, MinIO Storage Integration 200+ · 3.4★ (10) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 SiteSkite – Secure MCP & AI WebOps. Connect ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI Agent via MCP 200+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #11 ↑1 1 too low 11 Storage for Woo via S3-Compatible 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 ↑1 1 too low 12 FlyWP Helper – Page Cache, Page Optimization, Emails for FlyWP Server Control Panel 4K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 ↓2 1 too low 13 ArchiveMaster – Auto Archive and Export Old Orders for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #20 ↓2 7 too low 14 CloudScale Backup & Restore 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 4 too low 15 S3 Image Optimizer 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 5 too high 16 A Alios Media Offload 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 UpdatePulse Server 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↑4 2 too high 18 CloudSync Master – Offload Media to S3, Cloudflare R2 & Google Cloud 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 Geckada 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too low 20 OmniOffloader — Multi-Cloud Media Offload & CDN 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 3 too high 21 WorkMore Media Folders – Media Library Folders & Drag-and-Drop Organizer 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓3 3 too low 22 BackReload – Backup, Restore & Migration 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓2 3 too high 23 Migrator – Site Migration and Backup 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓7 1 too high 24 ReBuzz Backup and Restore — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 1 too high

Merit ranking caps the install boost at 1M (wp.org leaves it uncapped), replaces the raw star average with a volume-weighted Bayesian score and a Wilson lower bound, and keeps wp.org's own freshness and compatibility decays. Method from the plugin-directory source; see Meta Trac #8298. Positions are tracked daily from the first visit to a keyword, so the small arrows show movement since tracking began.